Winter 2025–2026 Event Registration Is Open

Get ready for a season of reading, exploring and community connections!

The latest issue of our print newsletter, Reading Matters, is currently available. You can also pick up a copy at the library or read it online now.

Programs for All Ages

• Winter Reading Challenge, January 1–February 28
  Read for 8 hours to earn a free gift and enter our grand prize drawing for fun items like toys and Yeti cups and gift cards to Target, Anderson's Bookshop and Cora Coffee & Tea.
• Escape Room: Magical Land of Oz, January 17–January 30
  Teams of 2–6 will have 45 minutes to solve puzzles and riddles in our enchanting Oz-themed escape room.

Author Visits

• Artificial Intelligence: Promise & Peril, January 15
  Science fiction author Lance Erlick explores the myths and realities of AI.
• Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier, February 11
  Historian Robert I. Girardi, author of The Civil War General, shares insights into Lincoln’s relationship with Union soldiers.

Community Connections

Meet experts from local organizations offering advice and information:

• People’s Resource Center: Health Education and Adult Literacy (HEAL), January 20
• Warrenville Fire Protection District: Safety Tips, December 18 & January 22
• Warrenville Historical Society: History of Warrenville Streets, February 22

Teen Programs (Grades 6–12)

In addition to favorites like Dungeons & Dragons, Panels & Pages and Crochet Club, check out these winter specials:

• New Year Inspo Boards
• Holiday Foods from Around the World

Looking for volunteer hours? Join Book Buddies or help create Valentine’s Cards for Warrenville Horizons.

Youth Events (Birth–Grade 5)

Our winter lineup includes weekly storytimes, STEAM activities and arts & crafts sessions, which fill up quickly. You’ll also want to be sure to register for these featured programs:

• Read to a Therapy Animal
• Chess
• Family Art Studio

Important Reminders

• Our programs are open to the public—no library card required (although we’d love for you to Get a Library Card).
• Registration is required for many events.
• You’ll receive a reminder email or phone call a few days before your program. Can’t make it? Please let us know so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist.

Check our Events Calendar and the Reading Matters newsletter for full details.

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Banned Books Week: September 26–October 2, 2021

Can you believe Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are still on the American Library Association's list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books? Find the complete list, which includes direct links to titles in our catalog, and learn more about our freedom to read in Banned Books Week.